Die-Hard Senators Fight On Against Truman Veto
A weary Senate battles over overriding Truman's veto on a civil rights measure. Senators Lehman and Krey outlined the strategy as talks stretched from night into morning, with Langer collapsing and carried from the chamber. Lucas signaled support to override.
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Washington
Truman
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Krey
D-Minn
Senate
Mr. Truman
Langer
R-Nd
Bethesda Naval
Senator Langer Collapses During Marathon Speech on Veto Bill
Senator Langer of North Dakota collapsed on the Senate floor at 4 13 am after a lengthy speech opposing the vetoed Communist control bill. He had been part of a small group fighting to sustain President Truman's veto as debate stretched over 12 hours.
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Douglas
Senate
Lucas
Langer
John Chadwick
Washington
R-Nd
Truman
Mr. Truman
Humphrey
D-Minn
House
Saltonstall
R-Mass
House OF Good Food
Manhunt for Insane Hospital Suspect After Portlock Stabbing
In Portsmouth area a 55 year old Portlock man J. B. Craig was stabbed yesterday when an intruder believed to be a Central State Hospital fugitive ransacked his home. A large search with 100 volunteers and a bloodhound failed to capture the suspect before dawn. Craig, a painter at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition as the manhunt continued through heavy rain.
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Portsmouth
Craig
Portlock
Central State
Petersburg
Norfolk County
Currituck County
North Carolina
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
W. L. Hollowell
Grand Jury Told of Police Graft in Brooklyn Ring
Artie Karp 35 gave police names to a grand jury probing a Brooklyn cop bookie graft case. Bail set at 5000, 24 hour guard. Ring reportedly paid police for protection while Harry Gross 34 faces $250000 bond as a witness. Acting Mayor Impelliteri to review recommendations and comment on Monday.
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New York
Artie Karp
Brooklyn
Karp
Artie
Kings County
Samuel 8. Leibowitz
William P. O'Brien
Leibowitz
Underworld
Brooklyn Raiders
Harry Gross
Gross
Vincent Impelitteri
Miles F. McDonald
Liebowitz
Impellitteri
Manslaughter Trial Postponed A Month
Cletus Edward Nace of Richfield Pa charged with manslaughter in a highway crash near Middletown August 9 has been postponed to October 25. The tractor trailer driver’s collision with a car killed three young men from Strasburg.
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Cletus Edward Nace
Richfield
Middletown
Nace
Strasburg
Road Survey Begins on City Street Widening Project
E W Truslow state highway engineer and a crew of five started a survey of N Cameron Street to Loudoun Street for a 40 foot pavement. The work will map trees water lines and buildings to be moved and take about three weeks to complete. James Brandon assists. Project cost around 160000.
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E. W. Truslow
E. Piccadilly St
N. Cameron 8&T
U. S
Truslow
Pocadilly St
Loudoun St
Winchester
Baker St
Braddock and
Piccadilly Sts
James Brandon
State Highway Department
Martinsburg Man Named Scout Head
B A Poland of Martinsburg was elected president of the Shenandoah Area Boy Scout Council at the annual meeting in Front Royal. He succeeds B Byrne Downing Jr of Front Royal as head of the council. Other officers include Frank S. Tavenner Jr of Woodstock and Fred C. Matson of Martinsburg as vice presidents and S C Hartman of Middletown as scout commissioner.
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B. A. Poland
Martinsburg
Shenandoah
Winchester
Downing
Charles R. Beall
National Council
Philp H. Sprenklé
Marlin Eckerd
Potomac
Nelson Rob
Covington Announces Chest Drive Division Heads
Henry Covington, general chair man of the 1950 Community Chest Drive, names Carl Campbell to lead the Government Agency Division and Ed L. Molden the Commercial Division. The campaign aims to raise 35000 for eight member agencies in Winchester and Frederick County. Both Campbell and Molden have prior Chest drive experience and are finalizing the worker roster as the opening date nears.
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Henry Covington
Carl Cammpbell
Ed L. Molden
Campbell
Carl Campbell Molden
Winchester
Frederick County
Annes
Emergency Money Bill Passed By Both Houses
The $17 billion emergency money bill to fund rearmament was sent to President Truman after House and Senate approval. It expands total cash and contract authority since January 1949 to about $100 billion, funds the Army Navy and Air Force at $11 billion and adds $4 billion for military aid to non Soviet allies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Soviet Bloc
Council
Russia
United States
U.S
Wherry
R-Neb
House
Senate
South Korea
Mental Patients Escape From Central State Hospital
Police and state officials continue a wide search for four patients still at large after eleven men fled the Central State Hospital ward Thursday night by cutting a window bar with a file. Seven were quickly caught in Petersburg and Dinwiddie County. the remaining four are not deemed violent but are mental defectives who violated the law.
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Petersburg
Central State Hospital
Dinwiddie
Meade F. Brya
Bryant
Arsonist Gets Probation After Car Fire Guilty Plea
Henry D Berg of 815 E Cork St was given a one year suspended penitentiary sentence on a guilty arson plea in Frederick County Circuit Court He waived preliminary hearing and indictment The arson concerned an unpaid insured automobile Restitution and court costs were ordered and he was placed on two years probation
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Henry D. Berg
E. Cork St
Frederick County
Berg
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie, Jr
Wanted Two Experienced Waitresses at Winchester Steak House
Help wanted notices seek two experienced waitresses for Winchester Steak House. Positions open for full time shifts. applicants should have prior dining room experience and be able to handle busy service. Apply in person with references.
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Winchester Steak House
Seoul Battles Escalate as U S Forces Push Toward Capital
First Cavalry Division patrols advance toward Seoul from Sangju gaining ground while the 24th Division pushes through Kumchon toward Taejon. U S and South Korean Marines tighten rings around Seoul as Red forces reportedly defend the capital with troops from the 107th and other units.
Canada U S Hunt Spreads for B 50 Missing Bomber
A B 50 bomber with 16 aboard vanished after takeoff from Goose Bay bound for Davis Monthan Air Force Base. Rescue planes from Canada and the United States scoured a wide area from Goose Bay to Arizona and New Mexico, but no trace of the missing aircraft or its 16 occupants had been found by noon.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Airforce
Goose Bay
Labrador
Davis Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
Air Force
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Omaha
Neb
Albuquerque
N. M
Walker Air Force Base
New Mexico
Selfridge Field
Downstate
Sioux City
Westover
Mass
Selfridge
Fifth Air Rescce
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Arizona-New Mexico-Colorado
Lake Superior
Here
Swedish airliner crashes after takeoff at Karlstad
A Swedish commercial plane operated by Swedish Aero Airline crashed during takeoff at Karlstad Airport in Sweden. Officials report the craft stalled and plummeted from under 200 feet, bursting into flames and killing all 10 aboard including nine passengers and a pilot, all Swedes.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Karlstad
Washington Representative to Visit Europe with Armed Services Panel
Representative Hardy and other House Armed Services Committee members will travel to Western Europe this fall to inspect military installations. Old English boxwood for sale two large plants at Braddock and Pall Mall Street yard. contact J. D. Cammer at 3553.
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Europe
Washington
Hardy
D-Va
House Armed Services Committee
Western
Yard
Cor
War News At a Glance From Seoul Front
Seoul front pressures the South Korean capital from south and north with northern drive two miles from the city center and Hongdongpo suburb under southwest control. US forces push from the Seoul area toward fighting near Pusan with the Seventh Division in Suwon and First Cavalry making a 35 mile northward gain. Pravda quotes indicate grave conditions in Seouan.
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United Nations
Pusan
America
Britain
South Korea
U. S
Seoul
Inchon
Central Press
Red
Hongdongpo
U. 8
Suwon
Moscow
Pravda
Seoo An
Autumn Arrives As Winchester Sees Warm Day
City residents welcomed autumn with a fair day after rain and a high of 67 at 11 a.m. The previous night dipped to 55 and September rainfall reached 5.16 inches. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. tomorrow with clocks set back one hour. radio and TV programs will air one hour later locally. Mail service remains unchanged at the Winchester Post Office.
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Winchester
Carl Campbell
Shenandoah County Reports Third Polio Case
Shenandoah County records its third polio case, a 5 year old child of Mr and Mrs Lyte Hines living between Columbia Furnace and Liberty Furnace. The diagnosis was on Wednesday and the patient was sent to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital polio center in Richmond.
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Shenandoah County
Lyte Hines
Columbia Furnace
Liberty Furnace
Medical College of Virginia
Air strike mix-up harms British troops in Korea reported by AP
Associated Press photographer Gene Herrick says American planes bombed and strafed British ground troops by mistake near Hill 303 west of the Naktong River while providing close air support. He witnessed heavy British casualties and saw about 40 wounded returned to a forward post as North Korean fire intensified.
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Korea
Associated Press
Gene Herrick
Herrick
Hong Kong
U.S
Taegu
Naktong River
Arthur Holmes
Liverpool
Holmes
Pvt
John Grant
Glasgow
Scotland
Grant
Truck Demolished In Accident Near Winchester
A 1947 Dodge pickup crashed into a telephone pole just north of Winchester on the Martinsburg Pike at about 9 this morning. Paul Jackson, janitor at Plumly Lumber Co., was treated for a cut on his right forearm. Victor W. Wheeler of Plumly said Jackson had no permission to use the truck, damage estimated at $1,000 and insured.
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Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Paul Jackson
Plumly Lumber Co
Victor W. Wheeler
Plumly Concern
Jackson
Wheeler
Local Historian Questions Post Office History
The editorial asks when the new Post Office was built and who served as Postmasters since 1900. It also inquires the name and organization date of the world’s largest apple storage facility, inviting readers to check the Editorial Pages.
Monsoon Dispels Formosa Invasion
Monsoon winds across the Formosa Strait reduce invasion prospects for Chinese Reds on the Nationalist island. U N forces watch the strait while Truman signals withdrawal after Korea hostilities end. Monsoon speeds forecast to rise, making navigation dangerous.
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Tapei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
U. S. Seventh Fleet
United Nations
Truman
Korea
Virginia Fruit CO
Gardner B. Hillyard & Son
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Cameron
Covington
L. Molden
Barr Studio
National Security Council
U.S. Marines
Kochang
Hangnyong
Kumhae
Aasan
Samnangjin
Kyongju
Seoul Reds
By Seif Erickson
Tokyo
First Cavalry Division
Sangju
First Cavalry
Kumchon
Hal Boyle
Boyle
Supp
Chunju
Taejon
Kum River
Heart of
Relman Morin
Ha_ S
Orennse
107Th
Sariwon
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
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